Global Knowledge provides many popular white papers in the TechRepublic directory, and I ran across one very recent one that I thought would be of interest to anyone wanting to improve their skills with Cisco IP telephony and administration. Dennis Hartmann is a senior Cisco UC instructor at Global Knowledge, holder of multiple Cisco certifications, and has written a book about Cisco UC. Here, he presents a step-by-step tutorial on setting up a home lab for testing and the opportunity to learn core competencies in call routing and IP phone administration.
As Hartmann describes it:
As Hartmann describes it:
I decided to create my own home lab environment to become proficient with the Call Manager product eight years ago. …This white paper will give you the knowledge you need to select Cisco IP Phones, switches, and routers for your home lab. In addition, it will cover the configuration options of VMWare so you can load Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Unity virtual machines in a lab environment.Download the 12-page paper, “Building a Home Lab Environment for Cisco Unified Communications.”